Great Story about Bryan Kehl and his Birth Dad

[Spicy McHaggis]

Great story.

It is bothering to think neighbors would discourage their kids from playing with children, with what seems like a great LDS family, just because of their race.

Sadly it doesn't surprise me at all. I've seen that sort of thing happen many times. From my temple worker father in law to the totally active neighbor lady who blogs about "getting rid of that half-blood president", this mindset is still common.

Great article. I remember reading something when he was at BYU that he had heard his bio father played at the U. I wondered if it was Popcorn Rogers.

[cougjunkie]

kehl actually played against his half brother when northern iowa came to LES.

[fusnik]

Agree, especially when you consider that he was born in '84. We're talking about people in the 1990's acting that way?

Its mormondom. We aren't that far removed from the priesthood ban.

[MarkGrace]

kehl actually played against his half brother when northern iowa came to LES.

I thought I read that Kehl was gone before that year?

[San Juan Sun]

I'm sitting in the hospital at 5 am reading this story with misty eyes. I also was not raised by my biological father. He was around until I was maybe 3, and completely out of my life by age 5. By age 8, my mom made me change my last name. I've had no contact with him since then.

I haven't felt like I've been abandoned or neglected. The truth is, I have a great life with a wonderful family of my own. But reading this story makes me wonder what I'm missing. Tnhe paternal contributor of my DNA lives in Syracuse, Utah (I googled him). If Google is telling me the truth, for $13.95 I could have his phone mumber and address right now.

I don't think I'm ready for that. I have a good thing going, and I'm not sure if I want my life turned upside down. I sort of see how Kehl's birth mother might feel in that respect.

Having two young boys of my own, I don't think I'd ever, ever be able to essentially abandon them. (Of course, I've only been told about this relationship my my mother's likely biased perspective). The idea of voluntarily removing yourself from your child's life perplexes me, and I really just want to know "why?"

Anyways, a good article. Nice to see most everyone in the article being accepting of the whole situation.